Heartwarming / Glitch Techs

Season 1

Age Of Hinobi

• Five's grandparents are all supportive of his gaming passion and are willing to drive him to the Hinobi event and cheer him on too.
• Before having their memories wiped, Miko's parents are proud at her getting a part-time job. Miko herself only asks for the memory wipe after she hugs them both and states that the two remember that they're proud of her getting her job.
• Lexi (having overheard everything without having her memories wiped) knows about Miko’s recruitment as a Glitch Tech and smiling excitedly.

Going, Going, Gaunlet!

• Five delivering a You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech to Miko.
• Phil letting Five and Miko combine their earned points so they can keep Ally.
• Miko getting a So Proud of You talk from Mrs. Kubota.
• Ally perching at the foot of Miko’s bed.

Smashozaurs

• A flashback of Five and Casino playing on the local bridge when they were younger.
• Five Taking the Bullet for Miko.
• While Mitch sarcastically thanks them as he killsteals the glitch, Five and Miko are too busy seeing if Casino is alright to care.
• Five, Miko, and Casino meeting at the local arcade and playing a game together.

Collection Quest

• Nica and Miko bonding and taking selfies.

Adventures in Pet Training

• Five and Alpha. Five helps the hulking mech get its missing part back from some enemies and a new friendship is forged between a boy and his robot.
  • Later, Alpha is brought in from the AI realm (courtesy of Emma) and one of the first things he does is give Five an Affectionate Gesture to the Head.

Karate Trainer

• After being presented with the options of finding a new hobby, Lexi states that she wants to stick with karate and doesn’t care whether she wins competitions or not. Even better, Mrs. Kubota understands and supports Lexi’s decision.
• The episode ends with Lexi and Miko playing a video-game together and obviously having a blast.

Season 2

The Glitch Modder

• While Ridley's experiences has led her to lose her trust in Miko, she ultimately decides to help her and Five contain the Glitch she unleashed in her lair.

Ping

• Geri, the arcade shopkeeper and most of the kids still loves and remembers Five even after he stopped showing up.
• At the end, Five is able to FaceTime his father in prison, who is happy to see his son doing well regardless.

BUDS

Bergy

• When Five shows Zahra and Miko Mitch's abandoned gamer channel, it shows him playing with his cat,Mrs. Boosh, rather happy and cheerful. The three even wonder if being a Tech turned such a cheerful kid into the Mitch they know today.
• The titular Monster of the Week itself is Nightmare Fuel incarnate, but its impact on the other characters exposing their better/honest nature makes some genuinely fun and heartwarming moments. Mitch ends up revealing his insecurities a lot more and apologies for his actions, Bergy becomes a lot more open at parties, and Zahra's able to open up a bit towards how she feels towards Five.
• Once Five frees Miko, Zahra, Haneesh, Bergy, BUDS ends up weakening their formation until Mitch decides to swallow his pride and help them find the weakness, even thanking them towards the end.

The New Recruit

• Horn cheering Ridley up after her attempts to replicate a gauntlet fails.
• Although Ridley's intentions were to get a gauntlet, Miko and Five immediately open up to the thought of letting her join the Glitch Techs.
• During their first mission as a trio, Miko and Five weaken the robotic dragon glitch, Deadly Dodging an insane amount of firepower just to give Ridley her first chance to defeat the glitch, which works! Until Mitch ends up Kill Steal-ing the EXP she would've gained.
• Ridley's glitch, Horn convinces her to go back to help Five and Miko after accidentally unleashing all the contained glitches in the base.
• Mitch lets Ridley go without mind wiping her. Why? Because she has potential to join them again in the future, and she helped him out. The hug she gives him actually wipes down his usual arrogance before blasting her away as per Mitch.

Find The Glitch

• When Mitch is trying to find out who the possible Glitch among them is he targets Five, after Bitt shows several scenes showing Five being quite literally the best person out of all of them they all agree, even Mitch, that he can't possibly be the Glitch.
• During the third act, when Mitch says how Miko is a glitch, almost everyone agrees. When it gets to Five, he remembers all the good times he had with Miko. He then defends her, saying that whether or not she's a glitch, she's still a loyal and compassionate person who will do anything to help others. This definitely shows how they're best friends.

Season 3 (TBA)

Mobs And Minions (Unreleased)

• Five and Zahra seem to be dating. They enter the door holding hands and Five is seen to be putting his hand around Zahra's shoulder.
• Mitch being a lot more sociable with his team
• Despite having a rather low opinion on gaming, Miko's father is very hospitable towards her friends arriving for game night.